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<TITLE>Resume: James A. Basney</TITLE>

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James A. Basney
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Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison<BR>
1210 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706-1685<BR>
Phone: (608) 262-3924   FAX: (608) 262-9777   
Email: <!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><A HREF="mailto:jbasney@cs.wisc.edu">jbasney@cs.wisc.edu</A>
                             
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EDUCATION  
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<!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><A HREF="http://www.wisc.edu/grad/">University of Wisconsin-Madison</A>,
Madison, WI.  Pursuing M.S. and Ph.D. in 
<!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/">Computer Science</A>.
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<!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><A HREF="http://www.oberlin.edu/">Oberlin College</A>, Oberlin, OH.
B.A. <!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><A HREF="http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/">Computer Science</A>
and 
<!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><!WA5><A HREF="http://www.oberlin.edu/~english/">English</A>.  May 1995.
Honors: Associate Member of 
<!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><!WA6><A HREF="http://www.sigmaxi.org/sigmaxi/sigmaxi.html">Sigma Xi</A>,
High Honors in Computer Science.

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RESEARCH   
EXPERIENCE 
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Research Assistant,
<!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><!WA7><A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor/">Condor Project</A>,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.  January 1996 to Present.
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Developer, 
<!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><!WA8><A HREF="http://www.ibm.com/">IBM</A>
<!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><!WA9><A HREF="http://www.watson.ibm.com/">Watson</A>
<!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><!WA10><A HREF="http://www.research.ibm.com/">Research</A> Center,
Yorktown Heights, New York.  As a member of the Education Solutions 
Department, assisted in the development of a K-12 educational network
system.  Summer 1995.
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Honors Project, 
<!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><!WA11><A HREF="http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/~jbasney/honors/honors.html">
A Distributed Implementation of the C-Linda
Programming Language</A>,
Oberlin College.</STRONG>	
Implemented
C-Linda on a network of 5 Ultrix DECstations, using a
distributed programming library developed by Professor David
Arnow at Brooklyn College.  September 1994 to May 1995. <P>
           
Participant,
<!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><!WA12><A HREF="http://gopher.nsf.gov/">National Science Foundation</A>
Research Experience
for Undergraduates, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.</STRONG>
Designed and developed a
<!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><!WA13><A HREF="http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/~jbasney/turbosim/turbosim.html">microcode simulator</A>
for the MS-DOS PC
with a second student and Professor Carl Singer.  Summer 1994. <P>
           
Research Assistant,
<!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><!WA14><A HREF="http://omni.brooklyn.cuny.edu/">Brooklyn College</A>
<!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><!WA15><A HREF="http://www.cuny.edu/">CUNY</A>, Brooklyn, NY.</STRONG> 
Worked with Professor 
<!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><!WA16><A HREF="http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~arnow/">David Arnow</A>
in the development of 
<!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><!WA17><A HREF="http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~arnow/DP/dp.html">DP</A>, a
C library for distributed programming on networked, single
processor machines.  January 1994. <P>
           
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PAPERS    
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<!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><!WA18><A HREF="http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/~jbasney/turbosim/abstract.html">TurboSim: A Microcode Simulator</A>.
Co-authored with  Nikki R.
Speedy, Computer Science Department, DePauw University.
Presented at the Fifth Annual
<!WA19><!WA19><!WA19><!WA19><!WA19><A HREF="http://www.anl.gov/">Argonne</A>
Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and
Mathematics.  November 4 and 5, 1994. <P>
           
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TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
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Instructor, <!WA20><!WA20><!WA20><!WA20><!WA20><A HREF="http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~jbasney/cs302.html">Algebraic Language Programming in C++</A>,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Taught a 25 student section of the
introductory undergraduate computer science course.  September 1995 to
December 1995.
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Tutor, Computer Science I, Oberlin College.  Tutored two
students individually on a weekly basis on material covered in
the introductory undergraduate computer science course.  February 1995
to May 1995.
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Grader, Programming the Windows API, Oberlin College.  Graded programing
projects written in Microsoft Visual C++.  February 1995 to May 1995.
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Laboratory Assistant, <!WA21><!WA21><!WA21><!WA21><!WA21><A HREF="http://www.cs.oberlin.edu/classes/cs275/labs/html/homepage.html">Computer Science III</A>, Oberlin College.
Assisted students with lab work in algorithms and the ML programming
language.  September 1994 to December 1994.

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CORPORATE  
EXPERIENCE 
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Software Test Engineer,
<!WA22><!WA22><!WA22><!WA22><!WA22><A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Corporation</A>,
Redmond, WA.
Wrote test specifications and cases and ran
tests on assigned areas of applications, working closely with
application developers to resolve bug reports.  Developed an
in-house utility in Visual Basic.  Summer 1993. <P>
           
Student Programmer, Alumni Development Resources, Oberlin
College.
Assisted in the process of converting data and
programs from a Pick/BASIC operating system to an Ultrix
DECsystem running a new database package.  Wrote BASIC
programs and system scripts to maintain database and generate
reports.  June 1992 to May 1995. <P>

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